Within wordpress 3.0 you have the ability to create a custom header image with a very slick built in cropping tool.

I found out that the code being utilized for this is located within wp-admin/custom-header.php.

What I am looking to do is including this same functionality within my own custom post type so that I can create many header images and rotate through them while also adding additional fields to each post.

Extend from the existing class and only change the parts you need to change to add your needed functionality: class MyHeader extends Custom_Image_Header{ .... } but I suppose this is only scratching the edge what you're really looking for.
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hakreNov 19 '10 at 20:25

I essentially just want to add the ability to a custom post type page I created for the user to select/upload a file and crop that image based an a size defined within the functions.php file. I don't know if you have played with the header image feature but it's very cool and hooks into auto creating a post also within the media library which is exactly what I need. I would greatly appreciate if you could provide a solution to this painful problem.
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NetConstructor.comNov 29 '10 at 18:39

Have you considered to open a ticket in wordpress trac about your feature request?
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hakreFeb 5 '11 at 17:20